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'THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISII\ 'OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
FILE: B-199612 DATE: September 24, 1980
MATTER OF: Neil E. Wern ing - Request for waiver of
indebtedness and reimbursement of money
paid toward ebt
DIGEST:
Veterans Administration employee who
questions his indebtedness for per diem
overpayment and requests reimbursement for
money he paid toward debt may not be granted
cancellation of indebtedness or reimburse-
ment since rule is well established that
per diem expenses are not allowed at place
where employee is on temporary duty after
employee receives notice that same location
will serve as his permanent duty station.
This action is the result of an appeal by an
employee of the Veterans Administration (VA) to a
settlement of our Claims Division concluding that
he is indebted to the United States for the amount
of per diem he received while performing temporary
duty at a station which was designated to become
his permanent duty station ] We affirm this settle-
ment for the following reasons.
Mr. Neil E. Wernsing was employed as a Special
Investigator in the Office of Investigations, Office
of the Inspector General (VA), in Los Angeles,
California. After numerous meetings, it was decided
in January of 1978 that Mr. Wernsing would travel
to Denver for the purpose of establishing an investi-
gative office. At this time Mr. Wernsi.ng was informed
that once the office became operational, he would
be transferred permanently from Los Angeles to Denver.
Additionally, the day following his arrival in Denver,
Mr. Wernsing signed an agreement requiring him to
remain in Government service for one year. Serving
in a temporary duty status for the months of February
through April, Mr. Wernsing submitted three travel
voLichers showing his per diem expensedhese vouchers
were initially approved and paid, but have recently
been determined by the Finance Division of the Veterans
Administration to have been paid in error Therefore,
it was decided that Mr. Wernsing had-e improperly
paid $2,030 for fifty-eight days of per diem expenses
and he was expected to pay the sum back.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadiou0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)